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capeador

[kah-pee-uh-dawr, kah-pe-ah-thawr] / ˌkɑ pi əˈdɔr, kɑ pɛ ɑˈðɔr /


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"There is your mounted capeador, your brave toreador," she says to Luis, "and they are all alike."

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

Was not the mounted capeador Juan Roca a brother of Luis Roca, the hat dealer?

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

But first a bugle call rang out, and into the ring came the mounted capeador.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

The capeadores, the cloak-bearers, come fluttering around and divert the bull from his prostrate victims.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

And then into the ring came the capeadors on foot.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

So far it was clever, neat work on the part of the capeadors, but nothing wonderful, nothing to match Juan's work on the horse.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

Standing now four feet away Torellas, to blind the charging bull as the capeadors had done, had to step close in.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)




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